One Facebook politician who is a Godzilla by now is Senator Chiz Escudero. With his rockstar looks and revolutionary like stance, he gets friend requests like crazy. Will he be a Facebook phenom like Barak Obama?

Others on Facebook are Senators Mar Roxas, Dick Gordon, Kiko Pangilinan, and a few others I haven't friended yet.

I don't know if Senator Jamby Madrigal is also on Facebook. But then again, perhaps her billions can probably afford to fund the creation of her own social networking site with friends already added. Perhaps most of her friends will be members of the social, political, and economic elite.

Senator Manny Villar may probably go the same way. But perhaps most of his friends will be ducks, duck raisers, and OFWs who badly need to go home. Perhaps Dondon Lanuza can send a message to Villar to give his children some badly needed money. Last I heard, his kids were starving and I have been reading about Lanuza's starving kids for so long that I wonder if they are still alive.

My God! Help him out naman!

Anyway, here's the article I swiped.

Facebook, YouTube at work make better employees: study

Thu Apr 2, 1:08 am ETMELBOURNE (Reuters Life!) –

Caught Twittering or on Facebook at work? It'll make you a better employee,according to an Australian study that shows surfing the Internet for fun duringoffice hours increases productivity.

The University of Melbourne study showed that people who use the Internetfor personal reasons at work are about 9 percent more productive that those whodo not.

"People need to zone out for a bit to get back their concentration," Cokersaid on the university's website (www.unimelb.edu.au/)

"Short and unobtrusive breaks, such as a quick surf of the Internet,enables the mind to rest itself, leading to a higher total net concentration fora days' work, and as a result, increased productivity," he said.

According to the study of 300 workers, 70 percent of people who use theInternet at work engage in WILB.

Among the most popular WILB activities are searching for information aboutproducts, reading online news sites, playing online games and watching videos onYouTube.

"Firms spend millions on software to block their employees from watchingvideos, using social networking sites or shopping online under the pretence thatit costs millions in lost productivity," said Coker. "That's not always thecase."

However, Coker said the study looked at people who browsed in moderation,or were on the Internet for less than 20 percent of their total time in theoffice.

"Those who behave with Internet addiction tendencies will have a lowerproductivity than those without," he said.